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The Elements of Java Style, written by renowned author Scott Ambler, Alan Vermeulen, and a team of programmers from Rogue Wave Software, is directed at anyone who writes Java code. Many books explain the syntax and basic use of Java; however, this essential guide explains not only what you can do with the syntax, but what you ought to do. Just as Strunk and White's The Elements of Style provides rules of usage for the English language, this text furnishes a set of rules for Java practitioners. While illustrating these rules with parallel examples of correct and incorrect usage, the authors offer a collection of standards, conventions, and guidelines for writing solid Java code that will be easy to understand, maintain, and enhance. Java developers and programmers who read this book will write better Java code, and become more productive as well. Indeed, anyone who writes Java code or plans to learn how to write Java code should have this book next to his/her computer. ... Read more

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Common Since is NOT Enough
As stated in the previous review this "pamphlet sized" book is invaluable to programs working in any sized group.Not only do you need programming style rules, these are pre-defined for you, so there is no time wasted with your team trying to decide on one.I am a project manager over a several groups of computer and software engineers, and after hearing more style arguments than I care to remember this book is now law at our company, it is also followed by our c/c++ programmers in a fashion of sorts... style is important, it does need guidelines, and if you dont follow them you may not have a job for very long... its common since!!!!

Useful short guide to formatting
Other reviews here that attack this book for not being a good design guide are missing the point. This book is a set of practices to make your code easier to read and work better in groups. Each chapter is about some kind of convention (formatting conventions, documentation conventions, etc.). You're not going to learn to program with this guide; you're going to learn to make your programs more usable in a group environment. Yes, it is a pamphlet-sized book: that's the point.

I purchased a copy for every developer in the company
Clear, consise and short enough that developers will actually take the time to read, and filled with enough common sense that very few disagreements come from the developers about this.
We use this book as the basis for our corporate coding standards for our on-shore, off-shore and near-shore.The standards page on our wiki is very short and contains only the few places where we've chosen to deviate from thestandards in the book.
If you've ever tried to have a team develop standards from scratch, you know what a painful process that could be.This book got the whole team (in multiple countries) on the same page very quickly and let us focus our time on getting down to the business of writing software.

Good code standard resource to start with
Several years have passed since this book was first published. Many things have changed in the Java world since then.

However, it looks like development at a corporate level of a software product without adherence to some sort of development and code standards is disappearing. This book contains a very good set of rules and code standards one can start with.

Not that it is important to follow exactly some specific already existing guideline but it is rather vital to have one and keep going with this set of standards. The book suggests a wide range of various well described code standards so that a Development team might build their own set of rules using the book as an example.

I would like to recommend any Development team to have this small but helpful book in their library.

Not enough
I'm very disappointed at the amount content in this Book.Sun posted a Java style guide that was essentially the equivalent, but free.Equivalent in terms of topics covered while there were some noticable difference such as variable naming.

One of the redeming qualities of the book though is that it can serve as a coding standard thus saving one from tidious chore of deciding on your own standards.In the end does it really make that much of a difference as long as everyone on your team is following the same standard?

Best part of the book is the title. ... Read more

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Micromatic is a microcomputer simulation designed to help students participate in operating a firm and to see the results of those decisions on the firm's performance. The player's manual contains brief but complete instructions for playing the game and a set of decision sheets for recording the data generated in making decisions. A complete instructor's manual contains instructions and the program disks.

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The Complete Arden Shakespeare, published for the first time in 1998, is now available in an updated hardback edition. The Complete Arden Shakespeare contains the texts of all Shakespeare’s plays, edited by leading Shakespeare scholars for the renowned Arden Shakespeare series. The updated edition includes eight newly revised playtexts as published in the Arden Third Series since 1998. A general introduction by the three General Editors of the ongoing Arden Shakespeare series gives the reader an overall view of how and why Shakespeare has become such an influential cultural icon, and how perceptions of his work have changed in the intervening four centuries. The introduction summarises the known facts about the dramatist’s life, his reading and use of sources, and the nature of theatrical performance during his lifetime. Brief introductions to each play, written specially for this volume by the Arden General Editors, discuss the date and contemporary context of the play, its position within Shakespeare’s œuvre, and its subsequent performance history. An extensive glossary explains vocabulary which may be unfamiliar to modern readers.· The sound, reliable, critical edition of Shakespeare’s work · Updated and revised to include all of the editions currently available in the Arden Third Series · Includes The Two Noble Kinsmen, the Poems and the Sonnets · General introduction by the Arden General Editors · Brief contextual introductions to each play · Glossary with about 400 entries ... Read more

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beware: false advertising!
I purchased this work for my niece for her graduation from high school. She preferred this edition because she liked the way it looked: all handsome in its red cassette. So I ordered it for her. But behold: the picture doesn't match the actual product! What you get doesn't come in a handsome red cassette, but actually is the oversized regular version with its rather dull jacket.
After complaining about this to Amazon, the image mysteriously disappeared for a while, but now it seems to be back. No doubt misleading many more oblivious customers into paying for something they in the end aren't getting. So Amazon: please remove this image, and place the correct one, so at least customers know beforehand what they are getting.

Best Text Available of Shakespeare's Works
I see that most of the other reviews of this edition were posted by cry-babies-- "Waahhhh!! Waaahhhh!! There are no footnotes!! I can't read it!!! Waaahhh!!" If you're a n00b to the Bard and can't yet hang with Elizabethan English, then you should buy either the New Folger paperback editions or the Arden paperback editions-- they've got the training wheels you'll need to get comfortable with Shakespeare's language. However, after you've read three or four plays, you really shouldn't need the footnotes anymore-- at that point they start to get in the way and distract from the enjoyment of reading these wonderful works (it's a lot more rewarding to interact with the mind of a genius without having a "filter" in the way). Also, as one other reviewer noted, if this edition did include all the glosses and footnotes and annotations from the paperback editions, it would be unmanageably huge (there's a reason the Oxford complete works edition--also very well-edited-- has those ultra-thin Bible-style "tracing paper" pages). But the fact is, whining and one-star ratings aside, this is simply the best, most trustworthy, and most authoritative edition available of the texts of Shakespeare's works. The Arden editors are full-on awesome and have put together an edition that belongs on the bookshelves of every lover and/or serious student of literature. English majors, English teachers, poets, and all the people out there who just plain love Shakespeare simply have to own this book.

Thing is, it's not Arden's fault if you can't read the plays and poems without someone to hold your hand. If you're one of those people, then like I said, there are plenty of other good editions out there. Start with some easy plays like Twelfth Night and Measure for Measure, buy the New Folger or Arden paperback editions, and get yourself comfy with WS's language. Then move on to some tougher plays, and try to begin weaning yourself off the glosses. You really shouldn't need to read more than three or four plays before you can kiss the helping hand goobye. And if you've already read a bunch of Shakespeare's plays and you're still relying on footnotes, then you need to just bite the bullet and at least try to read a play out of this GREAT edition before you give up and come back here to post your negative reviews. Who knows? You might just surprise yourself and get through it much more easily than you thought you could.

Am I being "spiteful" (Amazon says that's a no-no)? Maybe... butI'm really not trying to be. It just irks me to see a bunch of one-star reviews by people who simply do not know what they're talking about. There are three really great, awesomely-edited Complete Works editions out there (this one, the Oxford, and the Penguin), and in the opinion of many, many scholars, the Arden is the best of the best. If you need footnotes, then go buy an edition that says "annotated" on it-- that's why they're published. But giving this killer book one star because you can't read Shakespeare without help is like giving a terrible review to a high-end Ferrari because it doesn't have an automatic transmission and you can't drive a stick. You're slamming a great book based on a criterion which is simply unfair. So what if it doesn't have footnotes? Unless the publishers tricked you and put the word "annotated" on the cover (which they didn't), you have no right to complain about the lack of something which was never promised to begin with, and which plenty of readers neither want nor need.

worst Shakespeare ever!
Don't buy this book: you'll regret it.(The single star is for the edition, obviously not for the works themselves.)

The Arden Shakespeare paperbacks are great:you'll love them.The font is easy on the eye, there are footnotes at the bottom of each page, and there are helpful introductions.If you see one, don't hestitate to buy it.

Naturally you might think that this big, hardbound book containing all Shakespeare's works is just a collection of all those various Arden paperbacks:you would be wrong.

Folks, this is nothing except the text of the plays and sonnets!Yikes!There are NO FOOTNOTES OR GLOSSES for the plays; instead, there's a glossary of extinct English in the back, meant to cover all the material.Why they didn't just anthologize all those wonderful paperbacks is beyond me, but they didn't.

There is a very brief introduction before each play (only a few paragraphs), but these introductions talk about folios and textual history, etc.Nothing your Average Joe would be interested in (such as a discussion of themes).

In short, a very reader-unfriendly Shakespeare, although it might suit your needs if, say, you were already a credentialed scholar with no need of footnotes whatsoever.

If, however, you're like the rest of us -- AND CANNOT READ SHAKESPEARE WITHOUT FOOTNOTES -- you are likely to be angry and disappointed with this expensive book.

Good comprehensive edition
Even without the notes I've found this edition more than helpful. It's good to have the complete playtexts as verified by the Arden team in a single volume. It also includes introductions by the Arden editors which are very useful.

I wonder if the skeptics realise that a Complete Works with all the Arden notes would run to about 10,000 pages? And just for the record (to the best of my knowledge) all the Arden single editions are still in print.

A very comprehensive and valuable edition. Mighty pretty-lookin' too...

Not the worst Complete Shakespeare
This is a strangely uneven volume. It is a commercial exercise rather than an educational or cultural one. The publisher has taken advantage of the justified reputation of the - not now really current, "mark II", not "mark III" - Arden editions of separate works to bring them together into one volume, but has left out a good deal which earned the reputation of those editions. The result is that this edition does offer, on the whole, exceptionally well edited TEXTS (i.e. versions with sensible and accurate modernisation of spelling and modernisation, exhibiting good choices among variants and necessary emendations), but not much else that is not also found, and usually in a superior form, in other collected editions of Shakespeare. The most appalling drawback of this volume is the absence of explanatory notes (which WERE present in the editions of individual works!), without which a modern reader will inevitably misunderstand much of what Shakespeare writes. A glossary (which is offered) is not a good substitute: modern readers usually do not KNOW what they do not understand, as much Elizabethan English looks like modern English but in fact means something different. Only explanatory notes can offer help in such cases, as the Arden editions of individual works very frequently did. Introductions to Shakespeare's work are superior in e.g. Bevington's edition. (See my review of that, which many readers have found helpful.) All in all, I would not recommend this edition, though someone who wants just the text could do worse (by buying one less well edited). If you are keen on the Arden editions of individual works, then buy those, as they offer so much more. New editions of individual works are in the process of appearing, though they are not always better than those they are seeking to replace. Several of the older Arden volumes, e.g. the *Hamlet* or the *Romeo and Juliet* (both from the 80s, so not really "old"), are hard to surpass, and a very good buy if you can get them, often at low cost. Joost Daalder, Professor of English, Flinders University ... Read more

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This is the tale of the steamship Winfield Scott, a gold rush steamer headed for Panama from San Francisco with a load of gold and men returning from the gold fields. It contains first hand accounts of passengers on board the Winfield Scott when it wrecked in the Santa Barbara Channel Island of Anacapa in 1853 ... Read more

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New Media Ventures today announced publication of George Flett: Ledger Art, the first portfolio collection of the artist's work - and the first book ever devoted to the work of a Spokane tribal artist. The sumptuously produced volume,12 x 12 inches in size and housed in a cloth-covered, inlaid slipcover, has been produced in a limited edition of 1,200, of which only 1,100 are being released for public sale. The book is also expected to be available as part of the workshop the artist will conduct June 15-17 at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.GEORGE FLETT: Ledger Art features an introductory essay by Spokane writer and educator Scott M. Thompson, an authority on ledger painting.Flett draws upon ledger painting, a major tradition of Native American art, to record the significant aspects of the history, traditions and culture of his Spokane people.In the nineteenth century, Native artists chronicled on buffalo hides the heroic deeds of warriors. As buffalo herds were decimated the forts and towns proliferated, hides became scarce and a new medium emerged: business ledger books. These ledgers, once used by bookkeepers to record business transactions, were obtained in trade or captured in battle and became "canvas" for Plains and Plateau tribal artists.Flett's works - produced on ledger pages, telegrams, maps and other ephemera - depict not only military encounters but also spiritual ones. Collectively his ledger art presents a panorama of Spokane tribal culture and tradition.Flett is uniquely qualified to depict Spokane life, as noted by Cliff SiJohn, elder of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Indians: "The Spokane Indians have a long history of pride, integrity, and courage. They were visionary people. George Flett is one of these Spokane Indians. George grew up in the shadow of his grandmother, uncles, aunts, father and mother. He took part in traditional culture and ceremonies of his tribe. As kids we would look for paper-cardboard from a box or a paper sack for art material and put things he saw in his head on this paper. George is a visionary person of the Spokane Tribe, a Spokane man. He has a true heart through and through, a big spirit. You can actually sit and look at his work and it will speak to you."Francis Cullooyah, an elder of the Kalispel tribe and long-time friend of the artist, has also recognized the faithfulness of Flett's work:"George Flett's paintings reflect the past as well as the present. His way of life is represented in all of his very masterful artwork. The skills he so often utilizes come from years of listening and visiting with past generations of elder relatives and friends. Many of these people are now gone, but his preservation of their individual and family values and traditions which he has so generously been gifted with, come out in all of his art pieces.... The land where he still lives today, where many generations of his family raised their children, is still the location of his studio. That connection to that important part of his life's experiences and spirituality comes out in all of his work. He also is one of the principle reasons that the Prairie Chicken Dance style is in resurgence today as you can see by his depictions of that very style in many of his paintings."The book is bound in boards and slipcased in a cloth-covered box, featuring a debossed area that has been inlaid with a Flett print. The front cover of the book also features an inlaid print. Both book and slipcase are covered in blue cloth selected to match colors in the traditional Plateau Indian plateau. Sky-blue endpapers were also drawn from that palette. ... Read more

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This volume examines different ethnic configurations and conflict avoidance and resolution in five different Southeast Asian countries. *Tin Maung Maung Than traces the history and impossibility of the current Myanmar regime's quest to integrate the various ethnic groups in the border regions while insisting on a unitary state with all real power kept to themselves. *Rizal Sukma divides conflicts in Indonesia into horizontal (Kalimantan, Maluku and Sulawesi) and vertical ones (the Madurese versus the Dayaks) and assesses the prospects for peaceful resolution if the country's fledgling democracy does not properly address them. *Miriam Coronel Ferrer examines the conflicts in Mindanao against the apparent lack of willingness of Manila to come to terms with the root causes as well as the infusion of arms and ideology from outside. * Zakaria Haji Ahmad and Suzaina Kadir analyse Malaysia's relatively successful handling of an ethnically divided society, which has permitted impressive stability since 1969.* Chayan Vaddhanaphuti focuses on the non-Thai border peoples of northern Thailand, noting the legacy of the government's policy of selective citizenship.Ethnic Conflicts in Southeast Asia will be an invaluable resource for scholars of contemporary Southeast Asia as well as in other regions, policy-makers and others, who wish to assess and develop strategies to prevent, modulate and resolve such conflicts. ... Read more

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A comprehensive, one-volume exploration of the peace and security field, this volume presents detailed investigations of four major approaches employed in the study of conflict and peacemaking. ... Read more

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This book is a collection of indispensable tools for the modern age that will revolutionize society, bring about world peace, help you lose weight, increase your sex drive, and change your life forever. Or, if nothing else, it will make a dandy coaster for your coffee table.

Carrot Top has traveled the country the last few years with his trunk of creative inventions, performing to thousands of fans each night at universities and performing arts theaters. He is host of his own show on The Cartoon Network and has appeared numerous times on The Tonight Show and other television shows. His first feature film, Chairman of the Board, will be released in 1997. ... Read more

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Not "that" Scott Thompson
I found this enjoyable book by accident.I searched for books by "Scott Thompson" of "Kids in the Hall" fame, but I happened upon this little jewel.(It's not "that" Scott Thompson, but it's still a Scott Thompson I'd like to meet and call a friend!) At first I was a little worried.The title made me think I was going to be in for PFD humor...sort of like the Queens of Comedy (No, again, not Scott Thompson).This book is filled with good humor ideas that you can use as your own without giving credit to the author.Plus, it's not a very popular book, so no one will ever catch you.I had my friends in stiches with props I made by stitching.Literally!This book doesn't guarantee you'll become a college favorite like Carrot Top, but it won't hurt.A must have for any do-it yourselfer or amateur prop comedian.

Not What I Had Hoped For
After just seeing Carrot Top's road show, I was hell bent on buying absolutely anything Carrotty!(He's amazing)But, when I bought this book, I was hoping for something a little more biographical.This book is full of prop pictures, and that's about it.And, it is not nearly as amusing as I thought it would be, which proves that the humor is mainly in Carrot's live delivery of the props.Not bad, but not great.

THE BEST BOOK EVER
Hillarious from beginning to end.I couldn't belive a book could be this funny, or touching I found myself being moved at least fifty times. Carrot Top is a true genius. ... Read more

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The revival of interest in historical Western martial arts has focused a great deal of attention on the weapons of Scotland, especially of the Highlanders. Yet, despite all this enthusiasm for the martial arts of the Highland, few of those practicing have experienced genuine Gaelic culture - and without a cultural context, no practice of martial arts can be considered complete.Highland Martial Culture examines the nature of the Gaelic warrior class and its martial training; the Gaelic duel and how it differed from the duel in continental Europe; the phenomenon of wandering swordsmen in Highland society; the Highland conception of honor; internal aspects of martial arts practice such as mental tricks, traditional charms and spells used in warfare; unusual skills such as the fast draw; and health practices associated with the warrior class.This is your chance to find out more about the rich cultural heritage associated with the practice of Highland weapons. ... Read more

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A thriving community when "cotton was king," Laurens County has endured the ravages of several wars, the Great Depression, and the devastation of the boll weevil, and today retains the indomitable spirit of her earliest settlers. Although no longer plagued by such hardships, Laurens Countians are still bonded by the ideals and rights for which their ancestors fought, and work equally hard to maintain a community of which they and their children can be proud. Laurens County was created on December 10, 1807, and named for Col. John Laurens, an aide to Gen. George Washington during the American Revolution. The original county seat was located at Sumpterville, about five miles west of Dublin near the banks of Turkey Creek. The history of the county has been marked by a thriving plantation system in the 19th century, an unyielding service to her country in wartime, an economic boom with the coming of the railroad, the establishment of successful local industries, the building of numerous churches and schools, and participation in a wide variety of sports and recreational activities. Many Laurens

Countians have achieved fame and celebrity, whether as courageous soldiers on the battlefield or triumphant athletes on the playing field, and they are highlighted in this volume along with local landmarks and memorable community events. ... Read more

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A COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND BENEFIT BOOK! LIBERTY COMICS is the annual ensemble of comic book greats who have donated their time and energy to support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. CBLDF is is a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of the First Amendment rights of the comics art form and its community of retailers, creators, publishers, librarians and readers. The CBLDF provides legal referrals, representation, advice, assistance and education in furtherance of these goals. The roster for LIBERTY COMICS 2010 includes contributions such as: A new The Boys story by GARTH ENNIS & ROB STEEN, the first new Megaton Man adventure by DON SIMPSON in over a decade, an all-new Milk & Cheese story by EVAN DORKIN, a preview of The Contrarian by SCOTT MORSE, a new Conan tale by DARICK ROBERTSON, Boilerplate by ANINA BENNETT & PAUL GUINAN and "Why We Fight!" by editor LARRY MARDER. Plus: all-new short stories by GEOFF JOHNS & SCOTT KOLINS, FRANK MILLER, GABRIEL BÁ & FÁBIO MOON, PAUL POPE, JEFF SMITH, TERRY MOORE, DAVE GIBBONS, BRIAN AZZARELLO & JILL THOMPSON, ROB LIEFELD, COLLEEN DORAN and SKOTTIE YOUNG. All proceeds from LIBERTY COMICS will benefit the First Amendment legal work of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund! RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Westchester County Business Journal, published by Thomson Gale on April 24, 2006. The length of the article is 861 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Physical activities to help manage stress.(Health care & Stress relief 2006)
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Providing background and information for World Wide Web development using CGI, this book clearly explains, in the text and in sample programs, the language and applications for CGI. Programmers familiar with HTML learn from rich information on using CGI to gather and process user input. It covers CGI techniques common to servers running on all platforms.Amazon.com Review
This omnibus book does more than merely tell readers how tosolve common CGI programming problems with the least possible hassle(which is no mean feat in itself). Special Edition Using CGIalso explains CGI concepts and theory in a way that enables the readerto start figuring out additional solutions independently.

Theauthors begin with some very basic information about what CGI does andhow it enhances HTML. Then, they promptly get into the usefulstuff--application-oriented programming for CGI. Example programswritten in Perl, C, SQL, and various Unix shells appear throughout thebook. All the popular CGI applications, including hit counters, sitesearchers, WAIS interfaces, chat forums, and image maps, get their dueattention. Special Edition Using CGI gives server-side includes(SSI) a more detailed treatment than other CGI manuals.

The bookalmost loses its focus when it starts talking about Web multimedia,including online electronic cameras and RealAudio broadcasting. Butthe extra material is related, albeit distantly, to CGI programming,and there's not too much of it, so you can zip along to several"tips and techniques" programming chapters. The section onPerl is useful since it covers the most popular function libraries,and the Visual Basic chapter includes an informative discussion ofWinCGI. Special Edition Using CGI wraps up with chapters aboutdebugging and security. There's a CD-ROM that contains all the sampleprograms and all the popular Perl libraries.

Special EditionUsing CGI will both help you set up common CGI applicationsquickly and teach you how to solve more complicated CGI problems onyour own. It's a great choice for the beginner with big CGI ambitions. ... Read more

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Real Programmers Don't Want this Book
I really enjoy the Using Series, and look for them whenever I want to learn more about a certain topic.However, this book is deplorable.It is not made for anyone looking to write their own code, or anyone who actuallywants to program.All this book tries to do is show you how to use someoneelse's code.I do not mean another module, such as the infamous CGI.pmmoudle, but rather using another script and "tweaking" it foryour needs.It also does not seek to explain the theory behind the code. I was also quite disappointed in how it was organized.The Using Seies aregood books, but this one doesn't belong in the family.There are muchbetter books out there that will serve your needs.

Pooly written with incomplete examples
I found this book to be hard to read and poorly written. The examples are very difficult to follow because most are only code segments not the full code. This makes it very diffcult to follow. As any experienced programmerwill tell you "Nothing helps more than a good example.".Thisbook is highly lacking of good examples. I have several years of experiencewith programming in several languages, which allowed me to fill the gaps inthe examples, how ever a beginning programmer would be lost. In conclusionI do not recommend this book to a programmer of any level.

Speacial Edition Using CGI
I found this book to be hard to read and poorly written. The examples are very difficult to follow because most are only code segments not the full code. This makes it very diffcult to follow. As any experienced programmerwill tell you "Nothing helps more than a good example.".Thisbook is highly lacking of good examples. I have several years of experiencewith programming in several languages, which allowed me to fill the gaps inthe examples, how ever a beginning programmer would be lost. In conclusionI do not recommend this book to a programmer of any level.

Great intro, great reference
I've yet to come up with a CGI programming question that wasn't answered in this book.I used it to implement the CGI examples on my web site.

A must have CGI reference
This book is a wonderful introduction to CGI.It has examples (or tells you where you can find them on the web) of different CGI's in several programming languages.The book gives intricate explanations on how tohandle form data and how to obtain information from environmentalvariables, the core of CGI programming.

I would recommend this book toany programmer looking to apply his/her skills to CGI. ... Read more